Mont Saint Michel is a truly magical site sitting in a beautiful bay with a stunning Abbey on top it is one of France’s top tourist attractions and a world UNESCO heritage site. Le Mont Saint Michel.

Exactly 1,000 years ago this month, construction started on a magnificent island building off the coast of France that, as it rose improbably from the choppy waters of the Atlantic Ocean, would become ...

This tiny island, one of France’s UNESCO World Heritage sites, rises dramatically above its surroundings, with its impressive abbey and medieval village reaching 92 meters (302 feet) above the bay.

New hydraulic dam freeing Mont-Saint-Michel from sand Hilltop abbey becoming an island again during high tide MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, France, June 5 (Reuters) - A new dam and infrastructure works have ...

Perched on a rocky islet in the midst of vast sandbanks exposed to powerful tides between Normandy and Brittany stand the 'Wonder of the West', a Gothic-style Benedictine abbey dedicated to the ...

A monk surrounded by tourists rings the bell for Mass in the abbey at Mont-Saint-Michel. Maciek Nabrdalik Tourists pose in the abbey courtyard. Maciek Nabrdalik A chapel perched precariously beside ...

The historic—and fragile—island abbey is France’s most visited site outside of Paris. As it heads into its millennium year, a new sustainable development plan aims to protect it for the future. This ...